by Brian Scott Lipton One only has to watch the nightly TV news or read a newspaper to be aware of the plight of young black men in America being persecuted and even killed with alarming regularity by Caucasian policeman. While this unfortunate turn in American society...

By Sandi Durell Never has time been so succinctly brought into focus as in the Roundabout Theatre Company’s current revival of J. B. Priestley’s Time and the Conways. The concept of time, often unexplainable, always lingering in our psyche is a metaphysical phenomenon....

by Carol Rocamora Few classics pose as many challenges as Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt. A formidable five-act dramatic poem, it was one of Ibsen’s first works, never intended for performance. Its daunting content includes forty scenes, dozens of characters, and a story line...

by: Carol Rocamora Oh, those unfortunate 19th century heroines of the page and stage. They’re trapped in loveless marriages, suffocated by society, frustrated, desperate, driven to self-destruction. And yet, they still...

Photo: Joan Marcus By: Sandi Durell Broadway certainly had a nice array of kiddie shows this season – A Christmas Story, Annie – but none has the impact of Matilda – the waif protector of the young and meek. The London hit production of the Royal Shakespeare Company, inspired by Roald...